Kurt Landauer – A Fan shop

The instal­la­tion in the foy­er, designed by chezweitz, presents his­tor­i­cal objects and props from the film to fans of the FC Bay­ern pres­i­dent and inter­est­ed par­ties, reveal­ing dif­fer­ent facets of Kurt Lan­dauer – as a foot­ball enthu­si­ast, as a Bavar­i­an, and as a Jew. Born in 1884 in Planegg, Kurt Lan­dauer played for FC Bay­ern from 1901 onwards, and in 1913 he became pres­i­dent for the first time. After the Nazis seized pow­er in 1933, Lan­dauer was forced to resign as pres­i­dent because of his Jew­ish her­itage. He sur­vived the Shoah in exile in Gene­va, while his sib­lings Paul, Franz, Leo, and Gabriele were mur­dered. Kurt Lan­dauer was one of the few emi­grants who returned to their home­land after 1945 and remained there despite the painful expe­ri­ence. ​“His foot­ball club,” FC Bay­ern, was a con­nec­tion to his life before 1933, and he became its club pres­i­dent again after 1945.

An instal­la­tion by chezweitz for the trans-media project Lan­dauer by BR, ARD Dege­to, WDR and Zeit­sprung Pictures.